No, I don't own kingdom hearts. They belong to Disney and Squeenix. However I am proud owner of any of the original characters that appear here unless stated otherwise
Summary: KeyToDestiny and DancingFlames are widely known over the internet. No one knows who they are, though. It is only known that one of them has two 'keys' tattooed and the other has piercing green eyes...
Ignoring the growing admiration to those two amazing models, Roxas is recovering from a suicide attempt and has moved back with his family to his old hometown, Destiny Islands, to start anew. In that same hometown a new life, old friends and wonderful challenges await for him. Will Roxas and his new friends manage to pursue that dream that they chase?
And, along with the disclaimer I'll make a quick announcement: this is the unbeta-ed version, so excuse any crap that might appear ^^; but I really wanted to post this and my beta isn't coming home tonight…
Last Time…
"Are you inviting Sora and me to head with your family to Neverland?"
"Only if Tifa bursts before the end of the month" Axel said, wincing when Roxas elbowed him. "Ouch! What was that for?"
"Be nicer to Tifa! She's carrying your niece!"
"Oh, come on Roxas! Have you seen her? She's huge!"
They bickered all the way down to the car, Roxas fervently defending the expecting mother and Axel exaggerating her weight. Neither of them noticed Nikki watching their moves from behind the lockers or through the window when they reached the parking. When they left in Axel's red car, Nikki sighed lovingly and started walking towards her locker.
"Very soon, Axel… We will become an official couple very soon…" she hummed to herself as she fiddled with her lock.
The School Festival was an event that both schools in Destiny Islands held every year, competing between them in various sports and activities and raising funds for charity. The Festival always meant that school ended the next day and that, eventually, tourist season was about to start. Like every year, the morning of the festival Destiny Island's Paopu beach was covered by small tents and booths. Food booths were on the sidewalk, in order to attract the tourist and locals whilst the rest of small booths were scattered along the beach.
Axel and Roxas were lazing around behind Naminé's booth, waiting for the 'real' action to start. Aka the martial arts competition, which was due to start in an hour and the dance contest that was going to be held that afternoon. Demyx was helping his sister set up, but the rest of the gang was no where to be seen.
"Do you think they ditched?" Roxas asked, fanning himself with a brochure as he scanned the beach. "I know for sure that Riku was all against coming…"
"They better come…" Axel groaned, also fanning himself. "Damn it, why does it have to be so hot here?"
"I'm sorry; do you want me to leave?" Roxas snorted, earning a playful slap from his boyfriend.
"I bring refreshments!" Sora called as he neared his friends, three bottles of ice cold Paopu juice in his hands. "Tidus gave them for free!"
"Give them to me!" Axel jumped, grabbing a bottle and almost drowning the contents in a gulp. The three teens sighed as the coolness settled happily in their stomachs, although not for long.
Something they hadn't counted on was on the overly warm weather that was common in the islands. They knew that if they took their shirts off they would be much better but, in doing so there was a high risk of being 'exposed' by the fan girls that were watching out for their idols. Rumour was that the keyblade twins and FlurryOfDancingFlames were attending the festivals and everyone was in the lookout for them.
"Damn it…" Roxas cursed as they headed for the improvised arena where the martial arts competition was to be held. All the males around him were either wearing their shirts unbuttoned or had taken them off completely, and some were even glistening from the sweat… "I want to take my shirt off… I'm boiling"
"I want a piece of shade" Demyx whined "I don't care anymore about being discovered or not, Roxas. I want shade!"
"Well I want my swimming trunks, a piña colada and a naked Riku in front of me but I'm clearly not getting any of those" Sora drawled, dragging his brother and best friend to the front line, where they saw Axel stretching out already. "So, shut up and let's enjoy the competition"
"Enjoy? As in…"
"Yes" Sora winked to his brother "Let's ogle all the boys and put them in a ranking. I heard they're fighting shirtless…"
"Damn Axel for already coming out. He doesn't have to worry about the heat…"
"He has to worry about the fan girls" Demyx laughed, signalling to the hordes of females that started squealing when Axel took his shirt off and the famous tattoo was visible for everyone. The red haired ignored them though, and waved to his friends before walking towards the centre of the arena, where his opponent was waiting.
Neither of them had seen Axel fight; they just knew he was a Taek won do champion. So, when the three teens saw Axel spring into action and start to literally kick his opponent's ass they were amazed. Axel's muscles rippled under his skin as he launched kick after kick, punch after punch and tensed deliciously every time he blocked an attack. Roxas licked his lips as he thought about all the naughty things he could do with that body…
"Roxas, you're drooling" Demyx nudged his best friend. The blonde blinked and had the decency to blush.
"It's not my fault! Have you seen those abs?"
"Yes, I have. I'm also having a hard time controlling myself, I must admit…" Demyx shrugged. "But, hey! Look at it on the bright side; you're the only one able to touch him"
Roxas smirked evilly as he went back to worshipping Axel's body mentally. "True… very true…"
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After five long combats from which Axel was proclaimed winner, the teachers in charge of supervising the event called the lunch break. Many of the teens cheered and rushed into the water, hoping to cool down after the fights. Roxas, Sora and Demyx were sitting happily under a Paopu tree, the three of them soaking wet from swimming in the blue waters with their clothes on.
"I don't understand you guys…" Axel said as he shook his head around like a dog, drying his hair and sending droplets all around. "Why don't you just fuck them and take 'em off? You're making me feel hot…"
"Well, keep your pants on, lover boy" Roxas snorted, ignoring the glare the red haired directed at him. "We just want to avoid the fan girls…"
"But aren't you attracting more attention by refusing to take the shirts off?" Axel asked "If I were a fan girl, I'd probably already picked up on it."
The twins shared a look, slightly taken aback by Axel's words… mainly because they were true. The red haired sighed and crossed his arms over his bare chest, arching an eyebrow at the teens in front of him.
"Come on… you'll have to come out sometime…"
"You only say that because you've already been caught" Demyx snickered, but shrugged. "Never mind me, though. I have to head off soon to help Naminé around with her stupid booth…"
"Come on, admit that what you really want is to be in that cramped little booth with Zexion" Roxas snickered.
"Yeah, rubbing against each other at the minimum movement because there's only enough space for two people and he's already in there with Naminé…" Sora continued, high fiving his twin when Demyx blushed.
"I… uh… that's not true!" The Mohawk boy stuttered, standing up and fisting his hands. "Ah, never mind! I'll be leaving now…"
"Okay…" Axel smiled. "Just… don't rub too hard…"
Demyx huffed in annoyance as he quickly left his friends, cursing the entire time whilst they laughed at his expense.
"So… what are you going to do?" Axel asked. The twins shook their heads.
"We'll wait until it's unbearable" they smiled, and the red haired decided to leave it at that.
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"Nikki, I don't really think he's into you as much as you say…" a freckled brunet girl said as she glanced in her friend's direction, wincing when Axel tackled Roxas whilst Sora laughed out loud. "I mean… he's clearly into Roxas…"
"That's nonsense…" Nikki waved her friend off, smiling "Don't you see that they're playing? And, come on! He's clearly looking at me every time…"
"Personally, I think he's looking towards that booth" another girl said, this one tall and with uncharacteristic purple hair. "His friends where there a moment ago…"
"I thought you guys were supportive of our relationship!" Nikki cried, looking at her two friends. The brunet and purple haired looked at each other and sighed.
"We are, Nikki… its just…"
"We don't want you to get hurt…"
"Aww… Mandy, Becca!" Nikki cooed, hugging the two girls. "I'm so touched!"
"I really think you should give up on him, Nik…" Becca, the purple haired, said as she watched with interest what Axel and Roxas were doing. It seemed like the red haired was trying to pull the blonde's shirt off…
"I won't give up our love!" Nikki cried, looking accusingly at her friend. "Plus, there's no need to worry. That boy, Roxas, won't be a threat anymore after tomorrow…"
"Nikki" Mandy started, placing a hand on the distressed brunet's shoulder. "I know that you have a crush on Axel and that you didn't take it too well when he turned out to be gay but… there is no need to become obsessive-"
"I'm not obsessed!" Nikki pulled away, standing up and storming off from her friends. "You guys just don't understand the power of true love!"
Mandy and Becca shared a worried look as they watched their childhood friend storm off, muttering to herself the entire time. The purple haired looked at her other friend.
"Do you think we should warn someone? About Nikki's strangeness, I mean…"
"Nah…" Mandy shrugged, going back to sunbathing. "What can she do? It's not like she's going to kill anyone… Nikki's just in denial. Don't worry, she'll be fine by the end of the day, you'll see."
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"Oh gods…" Sora groaned as he tried to spread himself even more across the shade. It was little over two o'clock, and the heat was just overwhelming. The three teens were sprawled on the sand, feeling far too hot to even move to a cooler place. Roxas thought that, if the heat continued to rise, he'd be able to fry an egg on his abs by the time the clock struck three in the afternoon. And it didn't help that their clothes had dried on them, making them feel even hotter than before.
"I think I'm going to die…" the brunet groaned once more, wiping the sweat of his forehead. He sat up slightly, frowning at all the happy people that were playing around in the water. Tidus and his friends were playing with a ball they'd found, Larxene was riding on Marluxia's back as she tried to fight against some of her friends in Coral High-
"Okay, that's enough!" Roxas shouted, tired of his brother's whining, but especially because of the heat. "I'm fed up! Fuck privacy, fuck Kingdom hArts and fuck the heat! You want to swim? We'll go swimming!"
"What the…?" Axel and Sora watched as Roxas ripped his shirt off, took off his shoes and made a beeline for the water, ignoring the weird looks the rest of the swimmers were giving him. The red haired looked at Sora and smirked before darting behind his boyfriend, cackling like mad as he tackled the unsuspecting blonde. Sora rolled his eyes, but soon after followed the example of his two friends.
"Feel better now?" Roxas asked his brother as the brunet splashed around.
"Yes! Why didn't we do this sooner?" Sora asked, tackling his brother. Roxas made a strangled noise as Sora pulled him down into the water, laughing as he did.
"Sora!" the blonde exclaimed. He tried very hard to remain serious and not to laugh at the faces his brother was making as he attempted to get his soaking wet hair into a decent shape.
"What the fuck are you staring at? Your hair's not that great either!" Sora pouted, reaching out and ruffling Roxas' hair. The blonde made a move to defend himself but Sora had momentum and the twins ended up falling over into the water beside Axel, who growled playfully and tackled them.
"What the fuck are you doing, runts?" the red haired laughed as Roxas hid behind him, grinning and sticking his tongue out to his brother.
"Sora's trying to mess up my hair!"
"I'm not! I… you… you have something in it and I'm trying to take it off!"
"Liar!" Roxas squealed as his brother once again jumped him and started tickling. "Sora! Stop!"
"Never!" Sora shouted over his brother's laughter "Not until I meet my purpose!"
"Sora, I can't breathe! Stop it, really!"
"Aha!" Sora called triumphantly when he managed to straddle his brother and ruffle his hair into a dark blonde mess. Roxas' eyes widened and, with a cry of disbelief, stared at his twin.
"My hair!"
"Your hair, yes. What about it?" Sora asked, snickering as he tried to put his own hair back to order.
"You ruined it!"
"Oh I did not…"
"Em… guys" Axel called, catching the twin's attention. "You might want to start running away… right about now…" he winced as he motioned to the crowd of excited girls that had formed around them. Most of them where whispering animatedly as they stared at the twin's clearly visible tattoos, and some were fangirling loudly about how hot Sora looked straddling his brother, both wet, ruffled haired and panting.
The twins exchanged a confused look.
"Exactly what are they staring at?" Roxas huffed uncomfortably as he tried to wiggle out of his brother's grasp. Axel snorted, but took compassion of his blonde boyfriend and helped him.
"At your tattoos, honey bunny" he purred, nipping lightly on his neck. The girls immediately started squealing and the volume of the giggles and catcalls rose to unimaginable levels. "See? They're your fan girls"
Sora gulped loudly. "Oh, shit…"
"We need to get out of here" Roxas nodded, agreeing with his twin's way of wording their situation. Thankfully, their salvation was just coming to rescue…
"Hey! Sora, Roxas!" Tidus called from outside the fan-ring "I don't know what the fuck you two are doing, but start getting your asses moving and come here! We're getting beaten at blitzball by Coral High and we need our two best players!"
"Tidus!" Both teens rushed to their blonde friend, who was taken aback by their enthusiasm when he had seen them not an hour ago. However, he didn't have much time to ponder on it as he was soon dragged by the boys, Axel trailing behind them at his own pace as he laughed at the clearly uncomfortableness the two boys were feeling.
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"I don't want to go out there!"
"Oh come on, not again…"
"I say I won't and I won't! You haven't seen how they've been staring at me! I'm not a fair monkey, you know!" Roxas cried out "I swear, they're after my flesh and blood!"
"Babe, as wonderful as you are, you're not a piece of food…" Demyx drawled, amused at his distressed friend, who was pacing up and down the backstage, driving the rest of the dance group mad with his whining and complaining.
"Don't worry, as soon as he gets out there he'll do wonderfully" Sora said, though he didn't sound too convinced. Tidus and the rest were simply watching the scene quietly, still trying to decide how to deal with the fact that two of the current cyber idols were in their school and, more precisely, right in front of them.
"I didn't ask for this reaction! KeyToDestiny was supposed to be just a fun thing! Something I did for my own enjoyment and then shared among my friends, not-"
"Roku, you're driving me mad already!" Tidus shouted up. "Just shut the fuck up, get a grip and go back to that cool persona of yours at least until we finish the bloody competition, okay?"
"I think you're just sour 'cause they kicked our asses as blitz" Demyx sniggered. Tidus growled and crossed his arms over his chest, glaring at the Mohawk boy. Demyx was unusually calm for what was about to happen. Leaning coolly against one of the walls, he was watching everything around him with curiosity and showed no signs of nervousness or excitement. He was behaving as if it was something that he did every day and dancing in front of a mass of people was nothing new to him.
"How can you be so calm, Deedee?" Roxas flaunted dramatically and hugged his friend, who shrugged and returned the hug.
"Luxord made me dance in front of everyone once in The World That Never Was" he snorted "Did wonders with all those stupid fears and getting nervous before going on stage…"
"How come?" Someone asked out of curiosity. Demyx grimaced.
"After that experience, I know nothing can get any worse."
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"Okay, guys!" Yuna called out to the cheering mass, which roared and started clapping even louder. "We're about to witness the final dance from Destiny High! Things are really hot up here, don't you think? Personally, I want my dear Coral High to win but these Destiny boys clearly know what they're doing!"
"Need I remind you, Yuna" Larxene winked "That Destiny High are no wimps! Everyone's betting for Destiny High to win this year's dancing tournament!" More cheers came from the crowd, mainly from the hordes of girls that had gathered around the stage and were starting to scare even the two announcers.
"And, before we welcome our dearest dancers…" Larxene called into her microphone "The money raised this year is almost reaching the 700 munny! That's 200 munny more than last year going to maintaining the local orphanage! You guys are awesome!"
"And now, without further notice, let's enjoy Destiny High's last dance…" Yuna waited for the drum roll "DJ Number One""
The stage lights went on and the music started playing. The seven Destiny High students came onto the stage, Demyx and the twins on the lead and dancing quite provocatively to the beat. Although everyone was performing the same choreography and were going at the same speed, for some reason they stood out from the rest of the group.
Roxas was trying very hard to ignore the hundreds of squealing girls that were calling out to him. Yes, it was exciting to have so many people know you but also quite unsettling as well. He was feeling distracted until he felt Demyx' hands roam around his side, adding sensuality to the dance. Roxas resisted the urge to laugh as he turned around and, for once, decided to let go and follow Demyx' flow.
Demyx, happy that he had managed to get Roxas in 'the mood', now turned to have a bit of a play with Sora. The brunet twin didn't hide his laugh when Demyx basically started to grind his hips against his, and he as well soon fell to the Mohawk boy's charm. Soon, the twins and Demyx were engaged in one of their own extremely provocative dances that had the audience squealing like mad. The girls were cheering madly and making bets like maniacs, the announcers were laughing and giggling and everyone was having a great time.
It was around the middle of the song when Demyx decided to strike again, this time by unfastening Roxas' shirt as he moved sensually against him. Roxas, for some reason, didn't oppose and soon his shirt was open, his tattoos clearly visible for everyone. Both boys turned around to look at Sora, who was now really wondering if this was part of some alternate choreography or Demyx really was mad. Almost purring and with a predator look on his face, the Mohawk boy neared the brunet and gave him the same treatment he had to his brother, exposing his chest and hips. By then the girls were completely wild, jumping and clapping as they called for their idols.
This shook the twins out of their music-induced trance. Thankfully, the song ended around that time, which kind of saved the act since both of them had gone completely still.
"Dude… watch out, you've frozen" Tidus whispered as he gently nudged Roxas back into movement. The blonde shook his head and nodded, sending a glare towards Demyx who was stirring his brother towards the backstage. Now, if he only could get his hands on the Mohawk boy and asked why had he almost taken his shirt off...
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"Exactly what the fuck was that about?" he seethed to his smiling friend, who winked and buttoned his shirt back up.
"I had an urge…"
"An urge. An urge!" Roxas exclaimed, discarding his shirt to one side and looking for a more comfortable garment. "Yeah, Demyx gets an urge in the middle of the performance to fuck his two best friends and starts stripping them, huh?"
"I thought it was kinda hot…" Tidus commented, amused when Sora hurled something in his direction, which was easily dodged.
"You didn't take it that badly…" Wakka contributed. "In fact, I think that Demyx did an excellent move. Maybe we'll beat Coral High that way…"
"At the cost of what, our lives?" Roxas whined and slumped down against a wall, hugging his knees. "I swear, those girls will try to eat us when we get out…"
"And that" Axel said as he waltzed into the improvised backstage "was an awesome performance. Really, really hot. Most of the girls have gathered around the doors to try and… get a glimpse of you" the red haired made a pained expression. "It already was a nightmare getting in here…"
Roxas groaned and hid his face behind his hands. "Great… just great…"
Demyx pouted. "Oh come on Roxy…"
"Don't Roxy me!"
Axel snorted at the blonde's response. "If I say I told dad to bring Zack along will that help?"
"How can Zack help?" Sora asked, curious. "He's just a puppy"
"A puppy that will clearly be around the 30 inches when he's an adult" the red haired clarified. "You should see him right now… he's this big, fluffy wolfish ball of fur…"
The brunet sighed, looking at his sibling, who was being pestered by Demyx. As the Mohawk boy tried to beg for his forgiveness Roxas was giving him the lecture of his life. Turning to look back at the red haired, who was telling Tidus and Wakka just how awesome his dog was, he couldn't help but wonder if he really was going to be able to leave the place unscathed.
Zack turned out to be extremely useful in order to get the twins out. As Axel had pointed out, Zack was already massive for being just around six months old… he already reached up past Roxas' mid thigh and Rowan was sure he still had quite a way to grow. Rowan had been waiting for them outside the stage, Zack sitting calmly beside him as he talked to Vincent but, as soon as the pup had seen Axel, he had started barking and run towards the teen, opening a small path in between the girls who were too frightened to get near such a big dog.
"Okay, now!" Axel laughed as he urged Zack back towards his father. The dog happily went back to his owner, and so did the twins, who were very close to the dog.
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"Phew, that was a close call…" Sora sighed as he fastened his belt. They were currently in Rowan's car, him sitting beside the older red haired whilst Axel and Roxas shared the back seat with Zack.
"It was, wasn't it?" Rowan laughed as he started heading towards Highwind Hill. "But, fear no more, since good ol' Rowe came to the rescue!"
Zack barked in agreement, nudging Roxas' face with his furry snout so that he joined the laughing party. Smiling, he held the dog's face in his hands and kissed his 'forehead'. "You're such a sweet pup, Zack"
"Now that we're all here" Rowan suddenly spoke up "After Larxene's graduation, don't fucking go anywhere, okay? I'll go and pick you up and then I'll take you to the surprise?"
"The surprise?"
"Yeah, The Surprise" Axel explained "Dad has done something for my birthday and no one knows what it is… He talked Reno out of organising a massive Halloween Birthday for me, talked all of my friends off organizing anything or involving me in any of their Halloween related plans all because of that stupid surprise!"
"Oh true" Roxas said "You're eighteen tomorrow…" his eyes narrowed "You'll be off age…"
"H-hey… what's with that look?" Axel stuttered. Zack let out a soft bark and nipped Axel's shirt. Sora laughed.
"It's almost as if he's trying to tell you something!"
"Don't underestimate the intelligence of that dog" Rowan mumbled, drumming his fingers against the steering wheel as he waited for the lights to turn green "He knows how to play Wii"
The teens went silence, all staring at the dog, which actually glared at Rowan and made a soft noise, as if reprimanding his owner for giving away his secret.
XxakurokuxX HALLOWEEN MORNING: Larxene's graduation and Axel's birthday today XxakurokuxX
"Demyx!" Larxene shouted early in the morning, startling all the occupants in her house "I can't find my dress!"
"What dress?" Demyx asked as he walked into his sister's room, rubbing his eyes. He had been the only one still sleeping "Xeenee it's seven in the morning… can't I sleep in a bit? It's Halloween tonight and I probably will do an all-nighter and… fuck can't just Naminé help you find it?"
"Naminé's busy with breakfast. You're the only one left who could help!" the oldest Highwind exclaimed, rummaging through her clothes "I need my dress! I want it! It's the only one I look good in!"
Demyx smiled sleepily and leaned against the wall, noticing the very small curve of her sister's abdomen. "Calm down, Larxene. Stress is not good for the baby…"
"It's still too young to know if stress is good or bad for it" Larxene huffed, though she did stop her frantic movements. "Oh gods…"
"Calm down, okay?" Demyx advised as he stretched, sighing softly when his spine popped "Go take a shower and I'll look for the blasted dress…"
"You're a sweetheart…" Larxene winked and kissed her younger brother's cheek.
"Yeah, I know…" Demyx smiled as he rubbed his cheek, wincing at the mess that was Larxene's room "A sweetheart that seems to have gone suicidal…"
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Roxas was leaning against the railing of the rooftop, content with waiting there until the graduation ceremony started. As soon as his brother and him had set foot in school grounds that morning, there had been girls following them, girls giggling and whispering around them and girls randomly coming up to them to try and strike conversation. Sora politely declined them and shoo them off every time, but Roxas was not the patient twin. He wasn't the type of guy that liked attention that much, even if he had been searching for it in the first place. Yes, contradictory, but his only wish was for the girls, no, the fans to treat him just like a normal person. To talk about what he did from time to time was good, but not treat him as if he were some sort of god-like teenager. He was just Roxas.
"See? I knew I'd find you here"
Roxas' heart skipped a beat as he turned around, coming face to face with Nikki.
"What are you doing here?"
The girl smiled and Roxas frowned. He didn't like being alone with Nikki… he didn't like it one bit.
"I just came to talk, Roxas Strife…" Nikki said, smiling coyly. Roxas made a beeline for the door, but the girl was faster than him and blocked the only exit.
"Well… I'm not in the mood for talking" Roxas said, trying to get past. Nikki shook her head and closed the door with a thunderous bang.
"You're not allowed to leave until we've talked, Roxas" Nikki said, pressing her chest against the blonde, who moved and pushed her off gently.
"Nikki I really am not in the mood for talking"
"Ah, but you see… you've got no other option now" Nikki pouted in an innocent tone. "The door is broken on the outside, remember? You can only open it from the inside…"
Roxas didn't believe her at first, but a quick glance towards the door made his heart beat faster. The handle was missing on the outside. Nikki's shrilly laugh shook him out of his stupor.
"You can't get away!"
"Well, neither can you" Roxas pointed out, wondering how the hell was he supposed to get to Larxene's graduation ceremony in time now. The blonde girl would have his ass if he didn't make it…
"I really don't need to, you see. Axel will come for me once we have finished…"
"Finished what?"
"Finished our small business!" the girl exclaimed as if it were the most obvious thing "Really, don't you remember? I told you to keep away from Axel because you were interfering with our relationship… but you didn't. So now I have to deal with you and make sure you don't come between us ever again…"
Roxas swallowed noisily. "Hey… I really don't know what you mean but… can you drop the freaky act? I don't know if you realise but we are kind of trapped here…"
"You are" Nikki shrugged, walking towards the blonde, who slowly took wary steps back, never bearing his back to the slightly crazy girl. "I'm not. I know, wherever I am, Axel will find me…"
"Axel hates you" Roxas let out. "You really are annoying him with all your stalker crap-"
"Axel doesn't hate me!" Nikki stomped her foot. Clearly reality-Axel was a sore subject for her. "He loves me deeply. He does! He's just…"
"Just what?" Roxas taunted, cursing softly when he felt the railing against his back. Nikki had him cornered now… "Gay?"
"You're the only gay here, Roxas." Nikki glared "Axel was perfect… until you came. Then he forgot about me and started paying too much attention to you!"
"He didn't know you until you stalked us out of the disco…" Roxas pointed out. Nikki seethed and neared Roxas, a manicured finger pointing menacingly at him.
"It's your fault Axel forgot about me, Roxas Strife. And you're going to pay for that. I won't let you come between me and Axel anymore"
Before Roxas could utter a reply, Nikki pushed him with amazing strength over the short railing. A scream escaped his lips when he landed on the small patch of concrete that was between the railing and the end of the roof, banging his head against the cold floor in the process. He groaned, trying to stand up and careful not to stumble over the edge, never noticing Nikki, who had jumped over with ease and was heading towards him, a crazy smile on her face.
"Things end for you here, Roxas Strife…"
Roxas eyes widened when he felt another huge push against his back, which made him topple over against the floor once more and almost roll over the edge of the building. He would have if he hadn't grabbed onto a pipe and was holding onto it for dear life, trying to bring his arse and legs over the edge where they were dangling.
Closing his eyes and praying for dear life, he tried and pull himself up again, but his arms were too weak still from his suicide attempt. Even though he had been exercising, the muscles were still too weak.
Nikki growled in fury and stomped over to where he was holding on, stepping on his hand to try and make him fall.
"Hey, what the fuck do you think you're doing!" Roxas cried out in panic, his voice trembling due to the pain he was feeling and the fear.
"Finishing you off"
Just then, a foreign voice let out a scared scream.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?"
/ moments before /
"Hey Ro" Paola, a girl in Larxene's class, nudged Romina friendly. "I need a smoke"
"So go have one" Romina smiled, going back to the small doodle she was in the process of working into.
Paola rolled her eyes and grabbed her friend gently by the arm, dragging her out of the classroom and towards the stairs that lead to the rooftop.
"You don't seem to get it…" Paola smirked "You're coming with me"
"Why should I?" Romina asked, though she opposed no resistance "I don't smoke, Paola…"
"You're sulking, and I'm determined to find out why. This is the only moment we're going to have before that stupid ceremony…"
"Wouldn't you be sulking if you found out you were rejected by KeyToDestiny?"
"Why should I? I'm more of a FlurryOfDancingFlames fan" Paola smirked, stopping before the rooftop door. "How strange… it's never this closed…"
"Just kick it" Romina said, giving the door a strong high kick and opening it with ease. "See? Perfectly docile…"
"Wow…" Paola low whistled and bowed "After you, madam"
"A pleasure" Romina giggled at her friend's antics. However, when she stepped out on to the rooftop, Nikki trying to push someone off the building was not what she expected to see.
"what the…" Paola didn't have time to finish her sentence, for her friend was jumping over the railing and rushing to save the victim.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?" Romina screeched as she pushed Nikki against the railing and out of the way, kneeling to help the poor person up. "You could have killed him!"
"He doesn't deserve to live anyway!" Nikki shouted back, trying to run towards Romina and the now safe boy, who was shaking uncontrollably and nursing his stepped over hands. Paola rushed over to the girl, holding her firmly, her cigarette break completely forgotten.
"You're coming with me, Nikki" Paola said as she tried to bring the squirming girl over the railing. "You clearly are not in your right mind…"
"NO! Let me go!" Nikki screamed "I need to finish my work! Only then Axel will come back to me!"
Romina blinked. "Axel…?" She turned around to face the boy Nikki had been trying to push over. "What the…"
"Clearly not what you expected, huh?" Roxas managed to say, though his voice was still trembling with fear. His eyes stung with unshed tears, and his hands were pulsing painfully. He quickly shuffled away from the edge and towards the railing, clearly trying to go back to safety.
"Hey… Strife" Romina called, running towards him and bracing him softly. "Don't try and over do yourself right now… You've just gone through something that has left you pretty shaken up"
"No shit…" Roxas laughed bitterly, slumping down on the floor once he was back within the railing. Paola was trying to push Nikki through the door and down the stairs, her hand gripping Nikki's wrist firmly.
"She's bonkers…" the blonde boy said when Nikki was finally gone. Romina sighed and nodded.
"How are you feeling?" she asked, looking away awkwardly. Roxas shook his head.
"I don't know… I just… I want Axel…" he muttered, hugging himself to try and hide the fact that he was close to tears. Romina frowned and got up.
"I'd help you get to him. However… we need to report this as soon as possible"
"I don't care, I want Axel" Roxas whined childishly "Can't your friend take care of that?"
"She probably is, but there is no use in her doing it if you don't take part in the accusation, right?" Romina pointed out, crossing her arms over her chest. Footsteps were heard coming up the stairs and she turned, relieved to find Mr Valentine and a couple more teachers behind him, as well as Axel.
"Roku!" the red haired rushed over to his boyfriend, wrapping his arms around him and murmuring sweet words in his ear. The distressed boy returned the hug, burying his head in the taller boy's neck.
"Miss Mason…" Mr Valentine stared, turning to Romina. "What exactly happened here?"
So, what do you guys think about it? This is the raw version of the chapter, non beta-ed and straight out of a pretty rough writer's block. Thankfully, with this out of the way I'll hopefully be able to get onto the more interesting parts of the story… next chapter: Axel's party!
Reviews are gladly welcomed! And thank you very much to those that took the time to review or send me a message! Any input is more than appreciated